68-1406. Counties having more than $110,000,000 valuation; construction of new bridge, when; bond issue. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county of this state, having an assessed valuation for taxation purposes of more than one hundred and ten million dollars, has heretofore been ordered or required, or shall hereafter be ordered or required, to remove, relocate, reconstruct or otherwise improve any public bridge under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-1401 to 68-1405, and there is any portion of such bridge which has not been used, or which is not practicable to use, in the reconstruction thereof, said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, erect and construct another bridge over any river in said county and located within two miles of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved and to use in the construction thereof such portion of the bridge so ordered or required to be removed, relocated, reconstructed or improved as may be practicable, and for the purpose of paying any cost and expense of the construction of such other bridge, may issue the bonds of such county without the same being authorized by any election called or held for such purpose, not exceeding in amount the sum of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars and subject only to the limitations contained in K.S.A. 68-1407, 68-1408, 68-1409 and 68-1410.
History: L. 1913, ch. 69, § 1; L. 1919, ch. 101, § 1; June 17; R.S. 1923, 68-1406, ¶ 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
Article 14 - Reconstruction Of Bridges
68-1402 Same; separate contracts for each bridge; sealed bids; surveys and plans.
68-1403 Same; issuance of bonds.
68-1405 Same; bridges over navigable river; sale; removal; contracts for maintenance and repair.
68-1406a Same; act supplemental.
68-1408 Same; issuance of bonds; tax levy.
68-1410 Same; contracts for maintenance and repair.
68-1411 Repair of certain bridges in counties between 140,000 and 200,000; bond issue.
68-1412 Joint contracts for bridge improvement in certain abutting counties; bonds; tax levy.
68-1414 Same; changing channel of river or erection of structures; use of funds; bonds.